AFLW Friday Talking Points: Round 7
IN a huge Friday night action-packed game of AFL Women’s footy, the Western Bulldogs registered their third win in a row, accounting for the Geelong by 12 points. Despite a slow start from both sides, the Bulldogs got into their rhythm and also survived a late Geelong comeback to take the win, 3.10 (28) to […]
Will shock results continue in Round 2 of the VFLW?
ROUND 2 of the 2022 VFL Women’s season is already upon us, and after a number of upsets and other very interesting results in Round 1, time will tell if the trend continues into this weekend. In a quirk of the fixture, all games will be played on Saturday this time around. Casey vs. Darebin […]
AFLW Thursday Talking Points
BRISBANE has sent an ominous warning to the rest of the competition on Thursday night, after dismantling the Gold Coast Suns in the annual Q-Clash. It took the Suns until the fourth minute of the final term to put a goal on the board, and they had a much better final term, but by then […]
Mammoth week begins as AFLW enters final month
COVID chaos always has its consequences, and we are seeing that play out this weekend in the AFLW. From tonight until Tuesday, there will be wall to wall Round 7 action for footy fans to enjoy, and there will not be a day where fans have to go without a game to watch. The only […]
Cost of travel clipping clubs’ wings
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a seismic shift in the way teams have to travel to interstate matches. Instead of teams travelling the day or two days before, spending some time acclimatising to the conditions and then playing, an interstate game now often means a fly in, play and then fly home on the same […]
Player Focus: Steph Simpson (Darebin)
ROUND 1 of the 2022 VFLW season saw a remarkable comeback from the Darebin Falcons, and a huge part of that was Falcons’ skipper Stephanie Simpson. Although she only had 10 touches for the match, her presence was much wider felt. She predominantly played forward, and although supply was essentially non existent in the first […]
Reserves wrap: VFLW Round 1 2022
THE VFLW returned on the weekend, with a number of AFLW players playing across the league, hoping to make it back into their respective AFLW sides. With no AFLW listed players in either the Darebin vs Williamstown, the Essendon v Western Bulldogs game or the North Melbourne vs Hawthorn game, let’s take a look at […]
Falcons fly high over Seagulls
RROUND 1 of the 2022 VFLW season saw a number of shock upsets across the six matches, including Collingwood’s first loss in over a year and an almighty comeback from the Darebin Falcons. Darebin 6.1 (37) defeated Williamstown 5.4 (34) In the match of the round, it was the Darebin Falcons who staged a remarkable […]
AFLW Sunday Talking Points: Round 6
ONE premiership contender held firm against a bottom four side, whilst another went down in one of the tightest days of AFL Women’s action this season. Brisbane managed to starve off a determined St Kilda at Trevor Barker Oval and Collingwood proved too good for West Coast in Perth, while Western Bulldogs caused the upset […]
AFLW Saturday Talking Points: Round 6
ROUND 6 of the AFL Women’s continued with the three favourites and premiership contenders, North Melbourne, Melbourne and Fremantle all getting wins over their lower-ranked opponents. By: Elly Kirlis It was a game that was competitive for most of the match at Swinburne Centre, but in the end, it was the Kangaroos getting over the line […]
AFLW Friday Talking Points
UP at Metricon it was Gold Coast who got the chocolates over the Geelong. After a slow start, the Suns recovered to take the win and move within closer striking distance of the top six. The Suns won by 11 points, 7.7 (49) to 6.2 (38), booting six goals to four after quarter time. TALKING […]
2022 VFL Women’s season to commence
IT is the dawn of a new VFL Women’s season. Tomorrow sees the start of the 2022 VFLW season, and after Covid abruptly ended the 2021 season, everyone involved is no doubt itching to get back out on the park. This weekend sees six enthralling matches for fans to enjoy, and for the first time […]
